Chinese troops of New First Army, veterans of the Burma campaign, board American landing ships at Kowloon docks in Hong Kong for transport to Manchuria.

Pan showing Chinese troops of New First Army waiting at Kowloon docks. Chinese soldier wearing a British (or US-made copy) Brodie helmet and armed with an American M1903 Springfield rifle in the foreground; behind him a number of comrades can be seen (another soldier walks across shot immediately in front of the camera). Chinese soldier eating from a bowl. Chinese soldiers eating; one takes a spoonful of something from a large bowl. Close-up of a smiling Chinese soldier. Jeep and trailer drives onto a US Navy Landing Ship Tank (LST); camera follows it as it disappears up a ramp. Waiting American lorries; camera pans to show LST 655 and 1000. Chinese troops wearing their packs waiting. Pan along a line of Chinese troops to show others boarding an LST. A formed unit of Chinese troops marching towards the docks; they wear domed American M1 helmets and carrry a variety of weapons. Shot from a moving vehicle at the head of a column of troops. Pan across seated troops to LSTs. An officer addresses his men. Major-General Francis Festing, General Officer Commanding Hong Kong, onboard an LST with a number of American officers. They are named on the dopesheet as Rear-Admiral Charles Turner Joy, Commander-in-Chief US South China Fleet, and Captain Watts, officer commanding the LSTs.

Notes

These troops had been part of Northern Combat Area Command along with New Sixth Army, the American Mars Task Force and the British 36th Division, which was commanded by General Festing. The dopesheet states that these men were to be shipped to Manchuria.